Editor’s note: President Barack and first lady Michelle Obama are said to be outraged over the roaches they found in the White House just days after ex-President George bush and wife Laura moved out. At first, they thought they were dealing with ordinary German cockroaches, but entomologists (bug experts) from George Washington University, in Washinton, D.C., quickly identified them as Guatemalan “potty roaches”, as described in our story, below. Potty roaches are hard to kill, but you, like the Obamas, can fight an infestation with the tips you‘ll find in Roaches and Their Control, a free pamphlet you can get by calling any county extension office in the United States. Ask for publication IC-406.
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Barack Obama: Not amused.
THE NEXT TIME you plop down on a toilet and feel a little something crawling around “down there” don’t chalk it off to your imagination – take a closer look and you might find your bathroom is infested with America’s latest pest peril: Guatemalan potty roaches.
That’s right, potty roaches - an exotic but fast-breeding insect that is believed to have made its way into the United States through the port of Miami in the mid-1990s and has since spread into many of the finest and cleanest homes in America through sewer lines and toilets.
To make matters worse, potty roaches – or “throne bugs” as rich folks like to call them to avoid the stigma of having to fess up to the fact that their homes are infested with “ordinary” insects – have no fear of humans.
In fact, they like people – and will skitter up out of the johnny and all over your “most private and intimate areas in the twinkling of an eye,” experts warn.
“I don’t want to make light of it, but you can bet your bottom dollar that sooner or later these guys are going to catch you with your pants Read the rest of this entry »
